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| 1969 Medal of Honor Firecracker 400 | 
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| Held on July 4, 1969 at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, FL | |
| 160 L, 400 M, 643.68 KM - Scheduled Distance |
| RESULTS |
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| Fin | St | # | Driver | Sponsor | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts |
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| 1 | 9 | 98 | LeeRoy Yarbrough | Torino Talladega | '69 Ford | 160 | 96 | running | |
| 2 | 11 | 6 | Buddy Baker | Poole-Gable Dodge | '69 Dodge | 160 | 28 | running | |
| 3 | 2 | 27 | Donnie Allison | Banjo Matthews | '69 Ford | 159 | 4 | running | |
| 4 | 3 | 17 | David Pearson | East Tenn. Motor Co. | '69 Ford | 156 | 4 | running | |
| 5 | 4 | 43 | Richard Petty | Petty Enterprises | '69 Ford | 156 | 4 | running | |
| 6 | 10 | 30 | Dave Marcis | Lunda Construction | '69 Dodge | 153 | 0 | running | |
| 7 | 23 | 03 | Richard Brickhouse | Dub Clewis | '67 Plymouth | 151 | 0 | running | |
| 8 | 13 | 37 | Don Tarr | Biscayne Dodge, Sheraton | '67 Dodge | 150 | 0 | running | |
| 9 | 14 | 48 | James Hylton | Hylton Engineering | '69 Dodge | 146 | 0 | running | |
| 10 | 29 | 36 | H.B. Bailey | '69 Pontiac | 144 | 0 | rear end | ||
| 11 | 33 | 33 | Wayne Smith | Archie Smith | '68 Chevrolet | 143 | 0 | running | |
| 12 | 32 | 08 | E.J. Trivette | E.C. Reid | '69 Chevrolet | 142 | 0 | running | |
| 13 | 27 | 96 | Frank Warren | '68 Ford | 141 | 0 | running | ||
| 14 | 20 | 64 | Elmo Langley | Woodfield Ford | '68 Ford | 141 | 0 | running | |
| 15 | 38 | 46 | Roy Mayne | Tom Hunter | '69 Chevrolet | 141 | 0 | running | |
| 16 | 19 | 25 | Jabe Thomas | Don Robertson | '68 Plymouth | 139 | 0 | overheating | |
| 17 | 15 | 4 | John Sears | L.G. DeWitt | '69 Ford | 139 | 0 | running | |
| 18 | 37 | 9 | Roy Tyner | '69 Pontiac | 137 | 0 | running | ||
| 19 | 36 | 0 | Dick Poling | Don Tarr | '67 Chevrolet | 134 | 0 | running | |
| 20 | 28 | 10 | Bill Champion | '68 Ford | 134 | 0 | running | ||
| 21 | 26 | 76 | Ben Arnold | Don Culpepper | '68 Ford | 130 | 0 | running | |
| 22 | 8 | 22 | Bobby Allison | Stan Dobbs Dodge | '69 Dodge | 127 | 0 | crash | |
| 23 | 18 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | '69 Dodge | 118 | 0 | crash | ||
| 24 | 21 | 61 | Hoss Ellington | Ellington Insulation Co. | '67 Mercury | 118 | 0 | crash | |
| 25 | 22 | 06 | Neil Castles | '69 Dodge | 114 | 0 | engine | ||
| 26 | 24 | 15 | Ed Hessert | '69 Plymouth | 111 | 0 | crash | ||
| 27 | 35 | 19 | Henley Gray | Harry Melton | '68 Ford | 105 | 0 | crash | |
| 28 | 16 | 32 | Dick Brooks | '69 Plymouth | 100 | 0 | running | ||
| 29 | 6 | 71 | Bobby Isaac | K & K Insurance | '69 Dodge | 63 | 0 | engine | |
| 30 | 25 | 7 | Bobby Johns | Shorty Johns | '67 Chevrolet | 54 | 0 | engine | |
| 31 | 12 | 13 | Joe Leonard | Smokey Yunick | '69 Ford | 47 | 0 | crash | |
| 32 | 5 | 3 | Charlie Glotzbach | Ray Fox | '69 Dodge | 46 | 4 | engine | |
| 33 | 39 | 53 | Paul Connors | Carl Miller | '67 Dodge | 31 | 0 | engine | |
| 34 | 7 | 99 | Paul Goldsmith | Nichels Engineering | '69 Dodge | 30 | 0 | crash | |
| 35 | 40 | 26 | Earl Brooks | '67 Ford | 30 | 0 | engine | ||
| 36 | 17 | 45 | Bill Seifert | '69 Ford | 24 | 0 | quit | ||
| 37 | 1 | 21 | Cale Yarborough | 60 Minute Cleaners | '69 Mercury | 22 | 20 | engine | |
| 38 | 31 | 47 | Cecil Gordon | Bill Seifert | '68 Ford | 21 | 0 | quit | |
| 39 | 30 | 23 | Wendell Scott | Don Robertson | '67 Ford | 10 | 0 | rear end | |
| 40 | 34 | 09 | J.D. McDuffie | E.C. Reid | '69 Chevrolet | 6 | 0 | oil leak |
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| Cautions: ?? for ?? laps - not available | |||||||||
| Lead Changes: ?? among ?? drivers - not available |
